Some wild & crazy improvisations from Ken Fletcher (Oregon at the time this was recorded) and Dick Metcalf (aka Rotcod Zzaj, currently in Korea, but in Olympia, Washington when this project was realized). Lots of "different" sounds and ideas!

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Artist/Composer: Dick Metcalf
Keywords: jazz; improvised; improvisation; freeform

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Reviewer: rotcod2010 - - December 11, 2011
Subject: Splendid magazine review
Now, I've listened to a fair amount of weird music in my time, so I feel that i'm qualified to say that this is one weird CD. Sound manipulator Ken Fletcher and keyboard improvisor Rotcod Zzaj seem to have set out to put the podge back into hodge-podge, and well, they've succeeded. They've got sound effects, old movie dialog, snippets from news reports, occasional goofy vocal tracks, drum machines, 80's basslines, synth strings, pan flutes... the list goes on. And on. And on. You name it, they used it. On top of it all is an odd blend of jazzy keyboard stylings and sampled sound cutup/manipulation techniques that sort of ties it all together. I can't say that I enjoyed everything on the CD - a good portion of it strikes me as more basement noodling than finished product, -- but when it works, it's quite nice, and there are some lovely, strange moments that make for an absorbing listen